Exam question 3 · Humiliated in front of everyone: the moment that won't go…

Identify the statement consistent with the established facts concerning menstruation in girls of primary school age.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: identify, establish, concern · To what, where: statement, menstruation

This is exam question 3 of lesson 9 «Humiliated in front of everyone: the moment that won't go away» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 statement	det
3	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Identify	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	menstruation	menstruation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 girls	case
12	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 age	case
14	primary	primary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 age	amod
15	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 age	compound
16	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 girls	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the statement	consistent property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent statement=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	menstruation	in girls of primary school age	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus menstruation=Experiencer

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It is a proper subject for public ridicule by classmates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 subject	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 subject	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 subject	det
4	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 subject	amod
5	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 ridicule	case
7	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ridicule	amod
8	ridicule	ridicule	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 subject	nmod
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 classmates	case
10	classmates	classmate	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 subject	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a proper subject				for public ridicule; by classmates	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is natural, may begin as early as eight, and is no cause for shame

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 natural	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 natural	cop
3	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 begin	punct
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 begin	aux
6	begin	begin	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 natural	parataxis
7	as	as	ADV	_	8 early	advmod
8	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 begin	obj
9	as	as	ADP	_	10 eight	case
10	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 begin	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 cause	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 cause	cc
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 cause	cop
14	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	15 cause	det
15	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 natural	conj
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 shame	case
17	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cause	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present		natural property	tree rules
2	begin	may	early	as eight	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent early=Eventuality
3	is a	present	no cause	for shame	tree rules

Option 3

It never occurs before adulthood and is therefore abnormal in children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 occurs	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 occurs	advmod
3	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	before	before	ADP	_	5 adulthood	case
5	adulthood	adulthood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 occurs	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 abnormal	cc
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 abnormal	cop
8	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	9 abnormal	advmod
9	abnormal	abnormal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 occurs	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 children	case
11	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 abnormal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not occur	present	It			adulthood			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before adulthood=Location
2	is	present						in children; abnormal, therefore property	tree rules

Option 4

It is a condition requiring concealment and absence from school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 condition	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 condition	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 condition	det
4	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	requiring	require	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 condition	acl
6	concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 requiring	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 absence	cc
8	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concealment	conj
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 school	case
10	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 requiring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a condition					tree rules
2	require	gerund	a condition not said here	concealment and absence		school			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Theme concealment=Precondition from school=Source

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